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September 18, 1989

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a reporter at large

SYMBOLS OF SOVEREIGNTY

David K. Shipler

REPORTER AT LARGE about the surge of national awakening in Estonia. Estonia was initially the most adventurous of the SOviet Union's 15 republics in …